Cuspidor-cleaner.



No. 856,160. PATENTED JUNE 4. 1907. 0. KEROUSE.

GUSPIDOR CLEANER.

APPLICATION IILED AUG. 31, 1906.

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OTTO KEROUSE, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

CUSPlDOR-CLEANER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 4, 1907.

Application filed August 31, 1906. fierial No. 332,881.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Orro KERoUsn, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State ofCalifornia, have invented an Improvement in Cuspidor-Cleaners, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention is a contractible and expansible device adapted forcleaning cuspidors and other receptacles or tubular bodies especiallythose whose mouths or entrant portions are contracted or made of lessdiameter than the body portion.

The details of construction, arrangement, and operation of the deviceare as hereinafter described, and illustrated in accompanying drawing,in which Figure 1 is a side view or my improved cleaner'in thecontracted position; and Fig. 2 is a similar view of the same in theexpanded position. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 33 of Fig.2. Fig.4 is a detail sec tion illustrating the connection between thebrushes and the handle and sliding rod by which these brushes areadjusted. Fig. is an interrupted section at right angles to the sectionsshown in Fig. 4 and taken at one side of the handle.

The handle of the implement is composed of two parallel rods 1, 1,having a head 2 which is provided with lateral extensions or arms 3, thesame being held in one hand of the operator when the implement is inuse. A third rod 4 is arranged between the handle rods 1 and attached atits upper end to a head 5 having a lateral arm, the same being providedwith holes to receive the rods 1 so that it may slide thereon. The lowerend of the slidable rod 4 is detachably connected with a cross-head 6,see Fig. 4, which is also provided with parallel holes to receive therods 1 and to slide thereon in the same manner as the head 5. Thecleaning devices proper 7, are connected with the lower end of the rods1, and with the cross-head 6, and also with each other, as will now bede scribed. The cleaning devices 7 are preferably constructed asbrushes, bristles being set in a stock 8 having a backing 9 see Fig. 3.Both the stock and the backing are slightly curved lengthwise so thatthe brushes present a slightly convex outline. The two lower brushes areconnected by a pivot screw 10 and also with the block 11 secured to thelower end of the rods 1, and also pivotally connected with each other.The upper brushes are connected with the cross-head 6 by pivots 12; seeFig. 4. The outer ends of the pairs of brushes are pivotally connectedby screws 13. It will be seen that two of the brushes lie on one side ofthe rods 1, 1, and 4, and the other two upon the opposite side. Theouter ends of the two pairs are spaced from each other by a sleeve 13through which the pivot screw passes while the cross-head 6 and head, orblock, 11 serve to space the other ends of the brushes from each otherthe bristles of the several brush backs project outwardly or laterallyat a considerable angle to adapt them for contact with the sides of thecuspidor.

It will now be understood that, when the handle or head 5 of rod 4 isslid upward on the rods 1, as shown in Fig. 1, the brushes will be drawnpractically into alinement and thus the width of the brush portion ofthe implement will be contracted so that it may be introduced throughthe contracted mouth of a cuspidor or other vessel; on the other hand,if the head 5 be pushed down on the rods 1, as indicated in Fig. 2, thecross-head 6 will be carried into proximity to the end block 11 of rods1 and thus the brushes will be adjusted practically horizontal as shownin Fig. 2, or in other words, the brush portion of the implement will beexpanded as required to adapt it for frictional contact with the sidesof the enlarged body of the cuspidor or other receptacle. Then, uponrotating the implement or adjusting it up and down in the cuspidor orother receptacle, the latter will be rubbed and cleaned in a rapid andeffective manner. Upon again raising the head 5, the brush will becontracted so that it may be removed from the receptacle.

What I claim is The improved cleaning implement comprisin a handleformed of two parallel rods, a third rod which is arranged slidablybetween the others, and a head connected with the third rod and arrangedslidably on the handle, two lower brushes pivoted to the lower end ofthe handle on opposite sides, two upper brushes pivoted to the said headon opposite sides, the outer ends of the two pairs of brushes beingpivotally connected and also spaced apart, as shown and described.

OTTO KEROUSE.

IVitnesses:

J. H. ANDERsEN, JOHN J. KELLY.

